Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 ac838c2dbeb86129…

MALICIOUS

PDF

94.9 KB Created: 2021-06-26 07:57:48 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-14
MD5: 33980770aae1beaebf44fdf9f05b5619 SHA-1: 40bfb7f30b84aca57f2dfae189381a23259da157 SHA-256: ac838c2dbeb8612929430dbc1617cb8247d3741bf73c3eb530b5af691330337e
156 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains numerous external links, many pointing to compromised WordPress sites and exhibiting characteristics of a link farm. ClamAV and ML classifiers identified this as a malicious phishing trojan. While no scripts were directly extracted, the structure suggests it's intended to redirect users to malicious content or download further payloads.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9935

Heuristics 6

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2568dad23a94d95-d2568dad23a94d95-10044375-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL https://agrotehholding.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/01e7831a7cabf0ca4ceca1ec0e902f27/96228035812.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://aeskulap24h.de/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a14e33cabcf---92964738217.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://capecoralliving.com/media/file/botuditadezirujimejodatu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160a244e42ebac---kurisago.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://pavaniautismschools.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/hungaesag4ook25650a9260oaq/supusojiwur.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://kalatranslation.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/5vqv5brlaeb0nk4dhcii83p7n7/10742843723.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.straightmyteeth.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/7c05dca5da2733ad0f0e5bd00e6c0db6/88760605324.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.accidentinjuryalbuquerque.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/sfgom157srrh0g4a137fhvt620/90971631427.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.oknookna.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1606f25f6e1888---24713103664.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.americansummercamps.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160813821360cf---babubuzevux.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.chauffeur-prive-nice.fr/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608662cfb89cc---wawugirufowunitaxidu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://salonlomi.pl/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1607e7cd137143---40651680686.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://migger.dk/userimages/file/1980482046.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.marbelitesa.co.za/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160865eb07c04a---34044751533.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.mywil.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609f145f9a6a5---46125292672.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://anaminfo.com/attachfile/file/7130020670.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.penyembuhanholistikreiki.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb41ea64cf5---nuzijitamatadozesu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://drivingschoolofnorthtexas.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16087d2bef0354---tabomajikok.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.enviedecrire.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ad92b46650b---15740602296.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://fotofolliasanlazzaro.it/userfiles/files/deraluxasijad.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://j-club.eu/userfiles/file/33296014290.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://milcontabil.com.br/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/f0tjekdgvsmt80dbqjddh95j64/jagujanijome.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.brightfieldbusinesshub.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/o9j48vdon9m72f07msjlds1ehd/98758888152.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/denilonarizoforedug.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/3vuEKuznOb8/uplcv?utm_term=home+remedies+for+mouth+ulcer+in+kidsPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off00011186.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x11186 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_01_sfnt_off0001299d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1299D 10764 bytes
SHA-256: 0df4fda446aa7013800d8dbc2b6b9990d85ce03028c9293a2abc37e02df89500
font_02_sfnt_off0001421d.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x1421D 17100 bytes
SHA-256: 0d179dd2d019a7a291fbb3fd7323a1b02abd9f742b9504762ef838e69ec76e49